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Triple Tray Trouble

Triple Tray Trouble

This article describes the benefit of using a triple tray for impressions, but also discusses the one instance when a triple tray can present a problem.

| 9 years ago
The Dental Patient as the Primary Therapist

The Dental Patient as the Primary Therapist

Dentistry continues to address caries and periodontitis as the critical destructive processes affecting our dental patient family. Other issues, such...

| 9 years ago
Surprising Expasyl Conversation at Master’s Forum
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Surprising Expasyl Conversation at Master’s Forum

I was asked to give an update (via a current literature review) on the use of Expasyl during a recent workshop here at Spear. A 2012 article...

| 9 years ago
The 3 Kinds of Leader Every Dentist Must Be

The 3 Kinds of Leader Every Dentist Must Be

Many times I hear dentists say that they love the clinical side of dentistry, but they could do without the leadership issues that await them when they...

| 9 years ago
Removing Ceramic Veneers With a Laser: Part 2
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Removing Ceramic Veneers With a Laser: Part 2

  Fig. 1 Click here to read Part One of this series. If you haven't noticed, we are now in an age of dentistry that praises 'conservation...

| 9 years ago
TADs to the Rescue!

TADs to the Rescue!

This is a patient who after several years of procrastinating has decided to move forward with treatment. The deciding factor for her was recurrent decay...

| 9 years ago
Expanding Your Thoughts on Airway
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Expanding Your Thoughts on Airway

An increasing number of studies are helping us to become more aware of the effects of airway issues on our adult patients. Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA),...

| 9 years ago
Using Scheduling to Fight Stagnant Growth
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Using Scheduling to Fight Stagnant Growth

It is one of the most common issues I hear about: a practice that is doing everything correctly but not getting ahead. New patients keep coming in every...

| 9 years ago
Why Gingivectomies Fail

Why Gingivectomies Fail

At one time or another, we all want or need to move gingival tissues. While our patients may need us to do that in order to reach their goals, it is a...

| 9 years ago
'Optimizing the Schedule for Practice Growth' Is Now Live!

'Optimizing the Schedule for Practice Growth' Is Now Live!

Why do some practices get into a steady ongoing growth curve, while others reach a plateau where further growth is limited? Obviously, in any practice,...

| 9 years ago
Leaf Gauge Refinements
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Leaf Gauge Refinements

An example of a leaf gauge. If you like using the leaf gauge as much as I do, you undoubtedly have occasions when you wonder why there is a discrepancy...

| 9 years ago
Evidence of Xylitol's Cavity-preventing Benefits Lacking

Evidence of Xylitol's Cavity-preventing Benefits Lacking

Xylitol is a sugar alcohol that is as sweet as traditional sugar, but is not absorbed by the body, according to researchers. Its properties allow Xylitol,...

| 9 years ago